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" Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations. "

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" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "

Kevin de Leon

California

World

Energy

" Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us. "

" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "

" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "

" Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state. "

" Cap and trade is an important tool in California's climate policy portfolio. It sends a price signal to industries to reduce their carbon pollution while generating billions of dollars in revenue for investments in clean transportation and direct pollution reduction. "

" I grew up in the streets of San Diego, and I love this city dearly. I love this city. San Diego is my home. Even though I represent Los Angeles, this is my home. "

" I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor. "

" Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability. "

" I believe that every family - it doesn't make a difference who you are or where you come from - deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It's not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy. "

" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "

" California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity. "

" There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency. "

" If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles. "

" I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job. "

" I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike. "

" Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars. "

" We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering the legal immigration system. "

" My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.' "

" Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy. "

" Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection. "

" I didn't know how to do a press release, so I'd call the local Assembly member and say, 'Hey, can you fax me one of your press releases?' 'Which one?' 'Any one.' "

Kevin de Leon

Know

Local

" My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people. "

" The infrastructure at Union Station is antiquated. High-speed is going to come in eventually. We need to upgrade that system. Every day the Metro comes in, the Amtrak comes in, and they idle their engines for hours, spewing poisonous toxins - all that crap - into the air. "

" California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change. "

" I don't believe the federal government should be snooping into American citizens' cell phones without a warrant issued by a federal judge. You cannot give the federal government extraordinary powers to eavesdrop without a warrant. It's simply un-American. "

" California will not become a cog in the Trump deportation machine. "

" I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico. "

" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "

" I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy. "

Kevin de Leon

Deal

Only